Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-09
THE HOME.
MATTERS WHICH CONCERN ITS
GOOD AND HAPPINESS.
Art-Topics of General and Spe-
cial Interest to Ladies.

There are emergencies when it seems ne
cessary to trouble neighbor to lend the
lacking convenience, but such occasions
should be as rare as good management can
make them. A loose habit of forgetting to
keep ones kitchen supplied favors the prac-
tice of running next door or across the
street to borrow cup of sugar, an ounce
of tea, loaf of bread, cake of soap, or
whatever the need may be, but such prac-
tice stamps the mistress OF the house as a
slovenly, improvident housekeeper, whose
careless ways stand in need of strenuous
reform. Perhaps it is only thoughtlessness
in many cases that allows such ill-manage-
ment and the fault when discovered will
be reformed. A slate hung conspicu-
ously on the wall with pencil attached, will
be great factor in working reform. Let
the housekeeper write down each article as
its want is discovered, and let her also put
down such things as she finds herself
nearly out of, not waiting to actually see
the bottom of the barrel or box before
making a note of their emptiness. Then
teach whoever it is who visits the store TO
always study the slate before going out. In
this way, without much trouble TO any one,
the foolish system of running out to bor-
row will pass out of existence, and neigh
bors with whom the friendly exchanges
have been made will in time learn to feel
backward about borrowing from those
who never borrow from them.
pretty arrangement for the hair for
evening is 10 comb it high, making a
French twist and coiling the ends in soft
rings on top of the head. The front hair
is TO be crimped softly and lightly. Just
at one side place eolored pempon match
ing or contrasting with the color of the
dress, and natural flowers or roses with the
pompons.
A gold or silver dagger, or fancy pin, is
pretty thrust through the coils of hair as
If holding them together. For ordinary
home-wear shell pin is pretty.
For the neck and sleeves of dresses,
cream-white scrim is very serviceable, laid
in double folds. and has also the advantage
of being very inexpensive For nicer wear
white silk bolting-cloth is very dainty, and
is made in folds as the scrim. 1t is not,
however, nearly so durable.
Some of the fayorite colors this season
are mignonette green, or various shades
OF leaf green, heliotrope, and many gayer
colors. Often combination OF colors will
be seen in one suit, and there will some
times be three colors. The underdress Of
one, the over dress Of another, and the
waist laced together over the vest with core
of different color, and full loops and
ends of ribbons at each side where the
oyerdress is draped high on the hips. II
the colors are well selected the effect is
very pretty.-Go0d Cheer.
HINTS OE HOME Dprccu.rrrc
With the summer season comes more
fiounces, frills, ETC., but they are mostly Of
embroidery to match the goods. Never
were cotton embroideries so beautiful, in.
expensive and popular; and there are SC
many varieties one does not know which
to choose. A great deal OF good taste and
Judgment should be used when one can
have but one or two of these costumes
The most beautiful ones come in box robes
with wide and narrow embroideries for
trimming, and can be had for from S. To
SIS, according to kind of goods. quality
and elaborate trimmings. There are the
zephyr cloths in all the popular and dura-
bic shades; the chambrays in their beauti-
full colors and embroideries: the sateens
with their delicate ground and beautiful
figure; the ginghams with their stripes and
plaids; the seersuckers, checked, striped
anu cIiHhleu 10 say nOtnlng OF The pretty
cambrics and prints. The embroidered
white robes are beautiful beyond descrip-
ton, and much preferred by many to the
white wool costumes, although both are
very fashionable. To use the language of
one of the highest authorities on fashion,
There are cottons showing CLEANS of gold;
cottons with all sorts of fancy effects
wrought on their surfaces cottons as deli
cate in color and as smooth surfaced as
satin cottons as lace-like as some of the
gay seasons drapery-these are the cettons
of to-day. That they develop into dainty
and picturesque gowns goes without say
ing, but not such gowns as in the olden
time were pictured to the mind by the ex-
preston wash costumes Velvet ribbon.
lace, embroidery-in fact everything deem
ed suitable is used for decorating cotton
costumes, which often appear expensive
without really being so' The ability to
make ones cotton gowns at home is an
accomplishment of great value.-HouSe-
keeper
PANEL AND FRAME WORK.
Clocks set III panels are exceedingly
pretty, and a certain individuality NAV be
given to these useful timepieces by the
elaboration of its panel frame The cover
ing Of the panel may be plush, velvet
satin, etc, as preferred, and of any desired
color. Any preferred design in ernbroid-
cry, applique or hand-painting, may be
selected for decorating the plush. In the